Help with Screen Resolution
Hi. I have been using BT5 for some time without without any issues.
Yesterday i downloaded and installed Kali without problem.
But on running Kali i notice my screen resolution was wrong and not listed in System Tools>Perfrences>System Settings>Displays.
So i did some research and managed to change to desired resolution (1280X720) using xradnr using instructions found herehttp://http://myit-solutions.blogspo...m-display.html
But as stated on that page, The changes only last for the current session. I did make changes to /etc/gdm/Init/Default as instructed in that guide, but upon reboot the screen resolution returned to one i don't want. (my /etc/gdm/Init/Default file seems to be different to the one in that guide, possibly newer as it has more lines) (am i adding the xrandr commands to the wrong line?)
this is my current /etc/gdm/Init/DefaultIs there another more prefered method to create cutom screen resolutions in Kali?Code:#!/bin/sh # Stolen from the debian kdm setup, aren't I sneaky # Plus a lot of fun stuff added # -George PATH="/usr/bin:$PATH" OLD_IFS=$IFS xrandr --newmode "1280x720_60.00" 83.50 1280 1352 1480 1680 800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync xrandr --addmode Virtual1 1280x720_60.00 xrandr --output Virtual1 --mode 1280x720_60.00 gdmwhich () { COMMAND="$1" OUTPUT= IFS=: for dir in $PATH do if test -x "$dir/$COMMAND" ; then if test "x$OUTPUT" = "x" ; then OUTPUT="$dir/$COMMAND" fi fi done IFS=$OLD_IFS echo "$OUTPUT" } sysresources=/etc/X11/Xresources # merge in defaults if [ -f "$sysresources" ]; then xrdb -merge "$sysresources" fi sysmodmap=/etc/X11/Xmodmap XMODMAP=`gdmwhich xmodmap` if [ "x$XMODMAP" != "x" ] ; then if [ "x$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY" = "x" ]; then if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then $XMODMAP $sysmodmap fi else ( DISPLAY=$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$GDM_PARENT_XAUTHORITY $XMODMAP -pke ) | $XMODMAP - fi # # Switch Sun's Alt and Meta mod mappings # UNAME=`gdmwhich uname` PROCESSOR=`$UNAME -p` if [ "x$PROCESSOR" = "xsparc" ]; then if $XMODMAP | grep mod4 | grep Alt > /dev/null 2>/dev/null then $XMODMAP -e "clear Mod1" \ -e "clear Mod4" \ -e "add Mod1 = Alt_L" \ -e "add Mod1 = Alt_R" \ -e "add Mod4 = Meta_L" \ -e "add Mod4 = Meta_R" fi fi fi SETXKBMAP=`gdmwhich setxkbmap` if [ "x$SETXKBMAP" != "x" ] ; then # FIXME: is this all right? Is this completely on crack? # What this does is move the xkb configuration from the GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY # FIXME: This should be done in code. Or there must be an easier way ... if [ -n "$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY" ]; then XKBSETUP=`( DISPLAY=$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$GDM_PARENT_XAUTHORITY $SETXKBMAP -v )` if [ -n "$XKBSETUP" ]; then XKBKEYMAP=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^keymap' | awk '{ print $2 }'` XKBTYPES=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^types' | awk '{ print $2 }'` XKBCOMPAT=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^compat' | awk '{ print $2 }'` XKBSYMBOLS=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^symbols' | awk '{ print $2 }'` XKBGEOMETRY=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^geometry' | awk '{ print $2 }'` if [ -n "$XKBKEYMAP" ]; then $SETXKBMAP -keymap "$XKBKEYMAP" elif [ -n "$XKBTYPES" -a -n "$XKBCOMPAT" -a -n "$XKBSYMBOLS" -a -n "$XKBGEOMETRY" ]; then $SETXKBMAP -types "$XKBTYPES" -compat "$XKBCOMPAT" -symbols "$XKBSYMBOLS" -geometry "$XKBGEOMETRY" elif [ -n "$XKBTYPES" -a -n "$XKBCOMPAT" -a -n "$XKBSYMBOLS" ]; then $SETXKBMAP -types "$XKBTYPES" -compat "$XKBCOMPAT" -symbols "$XKBSYMBOLS" elif [ -n "$XKBSYMBOLS" ]; then $SETXKBMAP -symbols "$XKBSYMBOLS" fi fi fi fi exit 0
Other guides i read mentioned making changes to /etc/X11/xorg.conf but i don't seem to have that file?
It seems strange to me that the old now unsupported distro BT5 worked fine out of the box but Kali can't detect my display.
I am running Kali in VMware, connected to a Panasonic tv via DVI-HDMI cable. (Nvidia gtx650ti)
Many thanks for your help.
Kernow.
P.S I also upgraded to nvidia drivers using a guide found on thses forums.
Achieved what I was trying to do!
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Originally Posted by John_Doe
